Uk and around the world on bbc world news. Welcome back. Yes, it is welcome back, just two months since welcome back, just two months since we last gathered in this very room inside the palace of westminster for the state opening of parliament. Back on the 14th october Boris Johnsons government with no parliamentary majority put forward, lets say, a rather thin programme. Today, the queen will present a legislative programme from the conservative government with a big majority in the house of commons following last weekss election. We are politically in a different world. A world in which the parliament, the government and the monarch have been in sharp focus, a course of some tension as well. And a year dominated once again by the brexit question and process. What will the queens speech tell us about the governments other priorities, apart from brexit, for the year ahead . This is Boris Johnsons second queens speech in the sake space of nine weeks. Boris johnson has been resident at n
Service to mark the anniversary. 29 people, including a pregnant woman with twins, died in the car bomb attack by the real ira. It was the greatest single loss of life in the history of the troubles. No ones been criminally convicted of carrying out the attack. 93 of carrying out the attack. 93 people have now been confirmed dead from the wildfires on the Hawaiian Island of maui. It is the deadliest us fire in more than a century. That number, though, is expected to rise significantly in the coming days as authorities continue the painstaking task of identifying the bodies search teams with sniffer dogs have been sifting through the remains of the Historic Town of lahaina. But as of last night, just 3 of the affected area had been covered. Support centres have been set up across the island, providing respite at and helping families reunite with a lot of families that were stuck and had to swim like i couldnt imagine my son swimming and my grandma swimming in the water. I think in my in
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The preferred residence. Good morning from london on a day of history and a day of great change. This is stjamess palace, in the heart of london, a stones throw from Buckingham Palace where thousands of people have made their way since the death was announced of her majesty the queen late on thursday afternoon. Queen elizabeth ii, the countrys longest reigning monarch, a constant presence in the lives of the people of this nation. Hers was a life marked with selfless duty and dedication. The focus until now has been at balmoral where she passed away, and at Buckingham Palace where huge crowds have been gathering. But today the focus changes to st jamess palace. The palace has been the residence for Kings And Queens of england for over 300 years. And it was the official residence of the sovereign until the reign of Queen Victoria, when Buckingham Palace became the preferred residence. When the queen passed away, her eldest son charles immediately became king. And today, on this historic
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